Trial by fire j a jance

Search review text. This story is so "today. Even her Bishop is techy. Loved it! I found this part of the book totally engrossing, reading from the burned victim's point of view, her thoughts and feelings, confusion and pain. It was overwhelming to imagine it. Ali Reynolds is the main protagonist - former newscaster and now on temp assignment to the sheriff of Yavapai County in AZ. She and Sister Anselm team up to find the identity of the victim and who wanted her dead. I marvel at how many novels Jance has written and how she comes up with so many plot lines.

I found this one creative and unpredictable especially the ending but most of all thoroughly entertaining, especially the second half.

That's my main reason for reading Jance novels, she doesn't usually disappoint me. The protagonist Ali Reynolds, is gutsy, likeable, smart, and has a kind heart, just the kind of woman I like to read about. A raging fire and a woman is badly burned, in the hospital she can only communicate by blinking her eyes. She meets a nun who is called the angel of death because she is given the worse cases to minister to. Ali is the new media relations consultant for the police dept.

Ali gets involved in trying to find out the person who started the fire, protect the woman, protect the nun and clear up the problems in the police dept putting herself in danger to do it.

Chris Conley. These are really well-crafted mysteries. Even when I pretty much know who dunnit, getting there with Ali is a lot of fun. This book had surprisingly little that happened in it. Despite these flaws I enjoyed the book because I enjoyed the characters. I've liked the other Ali Reynolds books more as far as I can remember, but for everything this one lacked, it made up for in simply enjoying the characters. And Sister Anselm was awesome.

John Just burnt out! To find out, you'll have to read the book, and you'll be in for a treat. Of course once she solves this, what's next. There is a teaser at the end of this book that let's you know what's coming. But for the moment, I'm out of books in this series. I'll probably get some more. Feb 25, Barbara Schultz rated it liked it. Joanne Brady and Ali Reynolds are my two favorite J.

Jance characters. I did enjoy this and totally love Ali. However this and other J. Jance novels are listed on the Cozy Mystery site, it disappoints me that this novel has more nasty language than I believe it should. May 03, Beverly rated it liked it.

During a quarantine, when you're feeling rather down, there's nothing like a Jance mystery to take away the blues. I usually read these books in 24 hours, which is why I guess they call them page-turners. This one combined a remarkable nun, a Klee painting, and a number of unsavory people as well as some just plain good people in cases of arson, murder, kidnapping, and theft.

Ali somehow inserts herself in it all and helps bring all the bad people to justice. A good read. She spends much of the book in the waiting room at the burn unit watching over a woman who was left for dead in a fire.

She is assisted by the Angle of Death a nun who is a patient advocate at the fire. Once they find out who the woman is and who may have targeted her the action picks up a bit. Feb 10, Shawna rated it it was amazing. Though I started this series with this book which is not the first it read as a very good stand alone with enough back story to fill in the history.

It also has me looking for the rest in the series! Well written and a nice plot I enjoyed this immensely. Jance was able to tell a mature story by using innuendo and non-four letter words instead of lacing the book with obscenities.

It was a nice and refreshing take for an author to make. Jun 07, Helen rated it really liked it. Listened to this while working at the gym. Now that there is less about the podcast, I like the stories better. In this one, Ali is the press correspondent for the police department and goes undercover to watch over a burn victim who was found in a fire.

She is badly burned and it takes awhile for her to be identified as a wealthy woman with no connection to the fire set by anarchists. Ali works with a nun nurse who is assigned to the unidentified woman. Jul 07, Lewestover rated it liked it. I accidentally jumped into the middle of this series. As with other J. Jance books I've read, the author gives enough back story about the main characters to make the volume stand on its own without much trouble. The character of the Death Angel intrigued me.

Aug 09, Bobbi Foster rated it it was amazing. Ali becomes a media representative for the Yavapai Sheriff's Department. Her first on-screen press release is a fire in which a naked woman was discovered in the house, severely burned. Ali goes above and beyond trying to find out what happened to her, and is almost killed herself.

Very good book, and hard to put down. Aug 02, Sherri Robinson rated it really liked it. This book was different than any book of J. Jance's series. Many have a few pages in the beginning about the victim but the victim is dying from burns and is a central character throughout. She can't speak but the author shares her view of being an ICU burn patient.

A new continuing character is introduced and Chris and Athena experience a positive change in their new lives. Dec 17, Robert rated it liked it. A good read if you don't mind an unrealistic premise.

A former tv news reporter is hired as a spokesperson for the police. She takes a personal interest in her first assignment and conducts her own investigation because the police are shoddy.

Several different webs of deceit are weaved though it's hard to believe bumbling fools could successfully mastermind such activities. Sister Anslem is introduced, it was interesting to fill out her backstory. The entry in the log book, by the fire fighter moved me to tears. Jul 29, Amy rated it really liked it. I do like Ali Reynolds. It's a little funny how Ali gets roped into the PD job.

But the story about the woman pulled from the fire is a crazy story. I was thinking that the Jane Doe wasn't who they thought she was, but when she turns out the be a rich art studio owner, it really points to her family having something to do with her being in that fire. Nov 26, Sandra Helen rated it really liked it. My sister left it here after her trip, and I was waiting for a book from the library, so I picked it up.

Jance is very good at suspense, and at characters. I enjoyed it. Nov 10, patricia rated it really liked it. Good read. Another good Ali Reynolds story by Jance.

Taking place in Arizona and the beginning of Ali's being in the sheriff's department staff. Horrific tale of a burn victim, a much loved Nun in the burn unit, Ali's part in the solving part of the murder mystery. Long read about pages but a hard one to put down. Jun 12, Megan rated it really liked it. Ali Reynolds is growing on me. I like the Arizona Ali better than California Ali at the start of the series.

Arizona sounds so small and desolate in these books. Perfect mystery to start summer vacation with. Sep 26, Raoul Jerome rated it really liked it. Great read, good story. To her burn patient, she is a savior. But to this Jane Doe's would-be killer, Sister Anselm's efforts pose a serious threat.

Ali Reynolds is on the scene as the new media relations consultant for the Yavapai County Police Department, keeping reporters at bay and circumventing questions about arson and a link to a domestic terrorist group called Earth Liberation Front. But her job quickly becomes much more In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication.

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Born in South Dakota in and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona. Before becoming an author, she worked as a school librarian on a Native American reservation, as a teacher, and selling insurance. She lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona. Author Interview Link to J. Jance's Website.

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